Misc.
Sound
Rhythm & Melody
Texture
100
Our definition of music:
Music as humanly organized sound
100
This is the length a sound lasts. It can be measured in milliseconds.
Duration
100
This is the durational organization of sounds
Rhythm
100
Definition of Drone:
Continuous sounding tone, often paired with monophonic melody.
200
Alan Merriam's 3 central aspects of music:
Sound, Behavior, Conceptions (ideas)
200
Define Sound:
Audible phenomenon caused by pressure changes in the air
200
These are the felt time units that constitute meter
Beat
200
Combination of multiple distinct melodies
Polyphony
300
How would you classify the instruments used here?
Membranophones, ideophones
300
Vertically high sound waves indicate a high _______.
Intensity
300
In this combination of two tones, the frequency of the higher tone is twice the frequency of the lower
Octave
300
Define Heterophonic:
Multiple voices producing same melody in different ways
400
Name this instrument:
tama or luna (talking drum)
400
Timbre is affected by different harmonics, partials, and _______.
Overtones
400
A scale with 6 tones is called a:
Hexatonic scale
400
This is an example of what texture?
Monophonic (zuni lullaby)
500
Name this instrument:
Sanza or Mbira (thumb piano)
500
This characteristic of sound is measured in cycles per second, or Hertz (Hz)
Frequency (pitch)
500
This is a series of tones progressing up or down
scale
500
This is an example of what texture?
Polyphonic (BaAka People)
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